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Wednesday, February 11, 1998
Rebagliati Stripped of Gold

Snowboarding: Canadian winner of men's giant slalom tested positive for marijuana after race and is disqualified.

Wednesday, October 22, 1997
Johnson Ordered to Stay Away From Wife

Dennis Johnson is accused of grabbing his wife's throat and holding a knife to her face, and the former Boston Celtic star was ordered Tuesday to leave his Florida home and stay away from her.

Sunday, October 19, 1997
Prep Football / Update

A look at the Southern Section divisions in which Orange County's large-school football teams compete (rankings are from Southern Section divisional polls): DIVISION I A 24-7 victory by Los...

Monday, September 1, 1997
49ers Sapped by Injuries to Young, Rice

When the outcome was no longer in doubt, Warren Sapp danced in jubilation and Steve Young walked wobbly to the visiting sideline, where Jerry Rice was already standing on crutches.

Monday, July 14, 1997
Friend: 'Nobody Killed Ron Hansen'

Investigation: Case involving jockey's death has apparently reopened, but admitted race-fixer and former acquaintance says there was no murder.

Thursday, May 22, 1997
Even Ostertag Taking Shots at Shaq

Shaquille O'Neal can accept that he did not dominate Utah's Greg Ostertag in the Western Conference semifinals, averaging 22 points and shooting 49.4%, relatively neutralizing what should have...

Thursday, February 27, 1997
Militant Maggie Hathaway Never Quits Fighting for Her Cause

Years of crusading for the integration of golf culminated for Maggie Hathaway in 1971, when the first African American invited to play the Masters was announced at the first tee.

Sunday, January 12, 1997
Sutton Winning Daily in the Game of Life : He Takes Failure to Make Baseball's Hall in Stride While Celebrating Infant Daughter's Fragile Life

Don Sutton somehow does not qualify for the Hall of Fame, again.

Monday, December 9, 1996
Falcons Get Best of Saints

Bobby Hebert overcame two interceptions and a fumble to throw three touchdown passes Sunday as the Atlanta Falcons defeated the New Orleans Saints, 31-15.

Saturday, November 23, 1996
De La Hoya May Put Whitaker on His Itinerary

Boxing: Arum says Chavez is asking for too much money for rematch.

Sunday, September 29, 1996
JUNIOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

Moorpark 38, L.A Southwest 20--Taj Lewis rushed for two touchdowns and passed for another as the Raiders (2-1, 1-0) had 443 yards in offense in a WSC game at Moorpark.

Thursday, September 12, 1996
High School FOOTBALL

Drew Bledsoe and Dan Marino return for another season, but they won't be playing quarterback. Bledsoe is a lineman for Palmdale and Marino is tight end for Littlerock. Sam Hornblower is in...

Tuesday, September 10, 1996
FOUNTAIN VALLEY

1995 RECORD: 7-4 overall, 3-2 in league.

Sunday, August 18, 1996
Toledo Instructs Players to Ease Up

Coach Bob Toledo had to call a brief halt in the morning practice Saturday to tell his charges to stop hitting so hard.

Wednesday, August 7, 1996
Bucks Pick Up Free Agent Gilliam

The Milwaukee Bucks signed free agent forward Armon Gilliam to a four-year contract, the team announced Tuesday.

Thursday, May 16, 1996
Saugus' Gee-Whiz Kids : Gillies, Giordano and Gill Give the Centurions Another Shot at Section Softball Title

The government has its G-men and the Saugus High softball team has its G-girls--Chris Gill, Jamie Gillies and Nicole Giordano.

Sunday, January 21, 1996
COMMENTARY : Connecticut Ice Rink Lures Leading Skaters

Far from their native land, Oksana Baiul and Viktor Petrenko have found a new home.

Wednesday, January 10, 1996
Spurrier Turns Down Buccaneers

Florida Coach Steve Spurrier rejected a lucrative offer Tuesday to take over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, saying college football--not the NFL--is where he belongs.

Tuesday, December 12, 1995
END OF AN ERA: DONAHUE RESIGNS : Donahue Calls Screen Play : College football: After 20 years as UCLA's head football coach, he resigns to become an analyst for CBS.

Nobody could be absolutely certain what Terry Donahue was going to say.

Tuesday, October 24, 1995
Centennial Player Disciplined : Prep football: Kumasi Simmons suspended from school, removed from team for punching official.

Kumasi Simmons, a senior football player at Compton Centennial High, has been suspended from school and kicked off the team for punching a referee during a game at Beverly Hills on Friday afternoon.

Tuesday, October 3, 1995
Bulls Take a Chance on Rodman : Pro basketball: Controversial forward is traded from San Antonio for Will Perdue.

Faced with the possibility of dumping Dennis Rodman for nothing because he had become such a divisive influence, the San Antonio Spurs traded the game's best rebounder to the Chicago Bulls for...

Saturday, June 24, 1995
Raiders Sign Agreement to Go Back to Oakland : Sports: If league approves the move, it will leave L.A. without pro football. But another team is likely to fill void.

Raider owner Al Davis had spoken to so many officials in so many cities on so many occasions about moving his football team during his 13 years in Los Angeles that no one would take him seriously...

Monday, May 8, 1995
BOOK REVIEW / FICTION : A Mystic Game That Transcends Sports : THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE Golf and the Game of Life <i> by Steven Pressfield</i> , William Morrow, $20, 252 pages

"Golf is of games the most mystical, the least earthbound, the one wherein the walls between us and the supernatural are rubbed thinnest."

Monday, May 1, 1995
This Laker Is Missing in Action : NBA playoffs: Eddie Jones, who hasn't been the same since injuring his shoulder, hasn't made contribution that team needs against Seattle.

The search party that left the Puget Sound region empty-handed reconvenes in Los Angeles, looking for at least a trace of Eddie Jones, who once played for the Lakers.

Friday, December 30, 1994
Desormeaux, Almeida Shaken in Racing Spill

Jockeys Kent Desormeaux and Goncalino Almeida escaped serious injury in a spill in the first race Thursday at Santa Anita.

Sunday, December 25, 1994
Cardinals Fall One Yard Shy for Game and Season, 10-6 : NFC: Ron Moore is stopped short of end zone on final play by Atlanta. Arizona had been eliminated from playoffs earlier in day.

Buddy Ryan has to wait another year to give Arizona the winner he guaranteed when he took over the Cardinals this season.

Friday, December 2, 1994
Ex-Boxing Figure Flores Dies in Fall

Johnnie Flores, a prominent figure on the Los Angeles boxing scene and a decorated World War II soldier, is dead at 78.

Saturday, September 24, 1994
Perhaps He Should Have Gone to an Arena Football Game

After watching the first five hours of "Baseball" on public television, Tony Kornheiser of the Washington Post writes: "The documentary is as slow as the game it documents.

Saturday, September 17, 1994
Clippers Beaten Again as Harper Joins the Bulls : Pro basketball: Chicago signs free-agent guard for estimated $2 million per season.

Guard Ron Harper, who was suspended for one game last season after he likened playing for the Clippers to being jailed, gained his freedom Friday, signing a multiyear deal with the Chicago Bulls.

Saturday, August 20, 1994
WHERE ARE THEY NOW: STEVE CHILCOTT : A Premature End to Promising Career : Baseball: No. 1 pick in '66, plagued by injuries in minors, didn't play in even one big-league game.

Had Steve Chilcott only broken for third base 27 years ago, he might not be building houses today.

Monday, August 1, 1994
OP PRO SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS : Machado Wins Duel With Slater

After five dawn-to-dusk days of competition, the 13th Annual Op Pro Surfing Championships came down to a familiar rivalry--Rob Machado versus Kelly Slater.

Wednesday, July 27, 1994
CSU, Huffman Get Out-of-Court Deal : Jurisprudence: The system agrees to pay former Titan volleyball coach $1.35 million plus legal fees in wrongful termination case.

The 2 1/2-year legal battle between former Cal State Fullerton volleyball Coach Jim Huffman and the Cal State University system ended Tuesday when attorneys reached an out-of-court settlement of...

Sunday, July 24, 1994
Blades Dent Bullfrogs' Supremacy : Roller hockey: L.A. wins, 7-4, in front of 13,101 at The Pond to move into first-place tie with Anaheim.

With his famous father watching from the stands, Coach Bobby Hull Jr. led his Los Angeles Blades to a 7-4 victory over the Bullfrogs before an announced crowd of 13,101 at The Pond of Anaheim.

Monday, May 30, 1994
New York Rangers, Knicks Prove Every Dog Team Has Its Day

It has been 54 years since the New York Rangers won the Stanley Cup.

Monday, May 2, 1994
Formula One Star Senna, 34, Killed in Italian Crash : Auto racing: Former three-time world champion is second to die in two days at Grand Prix of San Marino.

Ayrton Senna, a three-time world Formula One driving champion whom some racing observers called the best race driver of all-time, died Sunday of head injuries suffered when his car crashed during...

Friday, March 4, 1994
Olympic Auditorium History

Here are some key dates in the life of the Olympic Auditorium, which will reopen Saturday. * 1924: Jack Doyle, with the help of the Los Angeles Olympic committee for the 1932 Games, builds the...

Sunday, October 3, 1993
Fans Get 'The Jerk,' Not a Trophy

Two strategic gaffes that will live forever in Orange County sporting infamy: On Oct. 12, 1986, Gene Mauch pulled Mike Witt.

Thursday, August 5, 1993
Three Teams Go in UCLA Cutback : Budget: Men's swimming and men's and women's gymnastics feel the effect of deficit.

In a move tied to the state's financial crisis, UCLA announced Wednesday that it will eliminate three successful athletic programs--men's swimming and men's and women's gymnastics--after the...

Wednesday, July 28, 1993
Rhythmic Gymnast Bachar Just Loves to Face the Music

Say, just who does Carmit Bachar think she is?

Saturday, July 10, 1993
Dooley Proud to Be an American : Soccer: Born and raised in Germany, the versatile player gives up a lot to join the U.S. team in World Cup preparations.

It wasn't so much the way he looked or talked, or even the way he dressed, that prompted the taunts from his schoolmates.

Sunday, March 21, 1993
NOTEBOOK : Recruiting Did the Trick for Tech

Trade Tech's basketball season came to a bittersweet end March 11, but the men's team can look back on a number of accomplishments with pride.

Sunday, November 22, 1992
PREP FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT : FACTS, FIGURES AND COMMENTS FROM LAST WEEK'S GAMES : MASS INFRACTION

Carson's reputation as a heavily penalized team grew to mythic proportions Friday night against Lincoln in the first round of the City Section 4-A Division playoffs.

Saturday, November 14, 1992
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SOUTHERN SECTION ROUNDUP : MISSION LEAGUE

Harvard-Westlake 31, Bishop Montgomery 21--Quarterback Justin Ehrlich's seven-yard touchdown run with 1:29 remaining put the game out of reach for the host Wolverines (4-6, 2-3).

Sunday, November 8, 1992
Arrest Mars Gulls Game

A team photographer became the target of rage during Saturday's hockey between the Gulls and Kalamazoo Wings.

Saturday, October 3, 1992
BASEBALL ROUNDUP : Baerga Has a Historic Night in 8-5 Victory

Carlos Baerga of the Cleveland Indians became the American League's first second baseman to bat .300 with 200 hits, 20 homers and 100 runs batted in Friday night as the Indians beat the Baltimore...

Sunday, September 20, 1992
Randy Shields Foils Robbery : Crime: Former welterweight contender wounds two in running gun battle in San Fernando Valley.

Randy Shields, a retired boxer from North Hollywood, was credited with saving the lives of customers and employees of a San Fernando Valley restaurant this weekend when he wounded two robbers in a...

Monday, September 14, 1992
Lions' Victory Over Vikings Is Special : NFC: Detroit scores touchowns on punt return, blocked field goal and recovered fumble in a 31-17 victory.

The Minnesota Vikings managed to contain Detroit running back Barry Sanders Sunday, but they were unable to handle the Lions' special teams or prevent big plays.

Wednesday, August 19, 1992
PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : RAMS : No. 1 Pick Gilbert Says Ankle Injury Is Better

With his injured ankle still causing problems, No. 1 draft choice Sean Gilbert sat out practice and remains questionable for the Rams' exhibition against the Green Bay Packers Saturday night at...

Thursday, July 23, 1992
Dunckel Proving Collegiate Stats Were No Fluke

Sorrow, pain, disgust, frustration--those were merely a sampling of emotions Bill Dunckel felt after not being selected in last year's amateur baseball draft.

Friday, July 17, 1992
Directory : Kick-boxing is the hottest workout in town, thanks to a streetwise fighter called Catwoman. Here's where to get your kicks.

Catwoman's fancy footwork in "Batman Returns" has inspired a surge of interest in kick-boxing.

Best Father's Day Gifts for the Chargers Dad

Top gift ideas for the sports dad — from jerseys to collectibles, find the perfect present.

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